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Old 07-28-2009, 01:18 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Old 07-28-2009, 02:03 PM   #32 (permalink)
 
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Re: Newbie Here: Overwhelmed..What do I do first?

grifangel stick around you really will learn a lot here. It's not your fault you only know one side of the story and you're going by what you hear in the media etc. You should realize you will get blasted for talking negatively about tanning beds on a tanning salon owners forum. Anyway I was in highschool in the 70's and knew getting a sunburn was not good for your body. I wouldn't play the naive role here that's like saying a teen didn't know you shouldn't go over the speed limit in a car to me. Anyway I'll help out all I can but only if you are capeable of having an open mind to see all sides of a story. :)
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Old 07-28-2009, 02:04 PM   #33 (permalink)
 
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Re: Newbie Here: Overwhelmed..What do I do first?

Hey grifangel. I am new also (mobile sunless). This forum is really great for info and I come here just about everyday to look through the posts (new and old). I have found that there are some people here who want to do nothing but get on your case. However, there are many more who are willing to help and give some great advice. Just learn to ignore the negative ones and develop a thick skin. I think they forgot they were once new and didn't know everything there is to know about the tanning industry (not to mention that they forgot they were young once too, and did some things that were not too bright).

Anyway, so back to my point...don't get discouraged. Keep coming back and asking questions because you might have a question that I have never thought of before and I could learn something new from the answer.

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Old 07-28-2009, 02:21 PM   #34 (permalink)
 
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Re: Newbie Here: Overwhelmed..What do I do first?

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Wow, so many snide remarks going on here...
To carribbean tan man, maybe I did abuse tanning or maybe not. I was only a kid in highschool and tanning was all the rage. In addition I spray tan now because I haven't tanned in about three years due to advice from my dematologist. Does that make me an addict?
Maybe there should be a class in highsschool or better yet middle school about the effects of overexposure to tanning and the sun, then I guess it would be my fault that I was uneducated on the subject and as a result got skin cancer.

Really, you should grow up. This an adult site and requires adult conversation. I don't judge people or point fingers, and neither should you.
Just admit that you did. You know it, and I know it.

But because you did, now you have to go around saying things that you have no idea what you're talking about. YOU got skin cancer because YOU over abused tanning!
Tanning in general is not the problem, it's people that over do it, and then decide to run around saying that it's bad.

YOU over exposed yourself.
YOU tanned more then you should have in a single day.
YOU wanted to be darker then you were.
YOU punished your own body and payed the price!

If YOU had never done any of those things, and tanned correctly and in moderation, you most likely would not have come down with skin cancer. And we would not be having this discussion.

But, you did, so here we are.
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Old 07-28-2009, 02:27 PM   #35 (permalink)
 
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Re: Newbie Here: Overwhelmed..What do I do first?

Guys, this is childish to try and all gang up on someone.... I simply replyed to someone elses response and here I am getting bashed left and right. This is ridiculous... It's actually a little comical to see that little ol' me I inspired such spite and snarkiness. Wow is all I can say.
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Old 07-28-2009, 02:55 PM   #36 (permalink)
 
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Re: Newbie Here: Overwhelmed..What do I do first?

Skin cancer like that is an inherited issue not sun based. You are picking on something that has done you no harm. That's like attacking JIFF for a peanut allergy you were born with.

Don't blame your broken skin on anything other than bad genes.
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Old 07-28-2009, 03:21 PM   #37 (permalink)
 
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Re: Newbie Here: Overwhelmed..What do I do first?

Ok if that's so true, I had a friend who died of skin cancer 2 years ago. She did use the tanning beds a lot. No one on either side of her family ever had skin cancer but she died from it.
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Re: Newbie Here: Overwhelmed..What do I do first?

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Hi Frankie, I am on the Tanning site under the " SUNLESS " Section. I should be able to post a reply about possibly considering SUNLESS tanning as an option over tanning beds in this specific forum. I now operate a small Mobile Spray tanning business. I do not promote tanning either in beds or in the sun, nor do I bash them on this site. I do promote spray tanning instead.
That being said, I only stated my experience above as a response to someone elses remark. Sorry if it stepped on anyones toes, but I am not suprised that folks defend tanning beds like they do. I love tanning beds just like anyone else, but there are consequences to laying in a tanning bed, and thats all I'm saying.
I was diagnosed with Malignant melanoma when I was 33 years old. My first reaction was to blame it on the use of tanning beds. However, once I started meeting with my team of doctors my mindset began to change. It wasn't my use of tanning beds. If anything it was our family history and the many severe sunburns that I had as a child. Sunblock? As a child I don't EVER recall wearing sunblock/sunscreen. It just wasn't preached like it is now.

My main focus is making sure that my children do not get sunburns like I did!!!!! It is the burn - not the tan and that's all I'm saying.
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Old 07-28-2009, 03:51 PM   #39 (permalink)
 
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Re: Newbie Here: Overwhelmed..What do I do first?

Food for thought from a reliable medical source, not just tanning salon owners who obviously have a vested interest in promoting their business. The point is that many of us enjoy having a tan and yes, there are some benefits to moderate exposure, ie Vitamin D. However, as with anything, we need to weight the risks and benefits. Just like alcohol, cigarette smoking, flying, driving, getting on a roller coaster, having sex, etc, etc. I have been to countless tanning salons where I have been told to not worry because getting in a tanning bed is healthier for me. Please staff your salons with people who know the risks and can educate their customers properly. A lot of young women do not know this and are being told that it is better than laying out in the sun. Proper education is key. When properly educated on risks vs benefits, you then have the choice and if you develop skin cancer, then you made the choice to put yourself at risk.

More Young Women Get Skin Cancer
Sun-Damaged Skin Slideshow
Study Shows Increase in Melanoma Among Young Women

By Kelley Colihan
WebMD Health News

Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD

July 10, 2008 — A new data review suggests that melanoma is on the rise among young women, but not among young men.

Researchers looked at data from women aged 15 to 39.

The team, led by Mark Purdue of the National Institutes of Health, examined data from a network of cancer registries across the U.S. in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.

The analysis focused on whites diagnosed from 1973 to 2004.

From the 1990s, an increased incidence of melanomas was found in women. In men, the incidence held fairly steady between 1980 and 2004.

Data reviewers noticed a greater increase in young women having thicker and metastatic melanomas during that time period. The researchers suggest that the increase is not just the result of changes in the way the medical community tracks the disease.

Researchers say it's not entirely clear why more and more young women seem to be getting skin cancer.

Separate studies have looked at sun damage trends. Here is some of what the researchers cited:

More and more people in the U.S. are getting sunburn, although trends by age groups have not been reported.
16- to 18-year-olds had a higher incidence of sunburn and reported that they spent more days at the beach in 2004 then they did in 1998.
More young people in the U.S., mostly women, are using tanning beds. Studies suggest that UV rays from tanning beds and tanning lamps can be just as damaging as sun rays.
Melanoma is the deadliest type of skin cancer. Ultraviolent radiation is a main risk factor for developing melanoma.


The study is published in the July 10 edition of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

SOURCES: News release, Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Purdue, M. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, published online July 10, 2008.
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